Konstantin Bogatyrev

This course is available on the BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in History and Politics, BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy, BSc in Social Anthropology, Erasmus Reciprocal Programme of Study and Exchange Programme for Students from University of California, Berkeley. This course is freely available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. It does not require permission. This course is freely available to General Course students. It does not require permission.

This course is capped. Places will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

Pre-requisites:

Students must have completed GV101 before taking this course.

This course introduces students to the politics and policies of the European Union, focusing on institutions, political actors and processes, popular challenges to the EU as well as key policy areas ranging from economic policies to migration and foreign policies. The course is divided into two parts: (i) Government and Politics; (ii) Public Policy. The first part, taught in the Autumn Term, usually covers the EU as a political system, the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament, the Court of Justice and judicial politics, public opinion and Euroscepticism, European Parliament elections, European political parties, interest representation, and challenges of democratic governance in the EU. The second part, taught in the Winter Term, usually includes: the policy-making process, economic integration, budgetary policy, industrial policy, asylum, migration and refugee policies, social policy, climate policy, EU foreign and security policies and others.

10 hours of lectures and 9 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the Winter Term.
1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the Spring Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn and Winter Term.

Essay (1200 words).

Essay (1200 words).

Two formative essays during the course (each of up to 1,200 words, excluding bibliography), one in the Autumn Term and one in the Winter Term.

S Hix and B Hoyland, The Political System of the European Union, 4th edn. (2022); C De Vries, SB Hobolt, S-O Proksch and J Slapin, Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach , 2nd edn. (2025); H Wallace, M Pollack & A Young (Eds), Policy-Making in the European Union, 8th edn. (2020).

Exam (100%), duration: 180 Minutes in the Spring exam period.

GENERAL COURSE STUDENTS ONLY:

The Class Summary Grade for General Course students will be calculated as follows: 15% class participation, 80% formative coursework (each formative essay counts for 40%) and 5% attendance.

The Exam Grade for General Course students will be 100% exam.